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The Spanish Earth

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Joris Ivens’s advocacy documentary for the Republican cause intercuts a besieged Madrid with a nearby village digging an irrigation canal, linking the war to bread, land, and survival. Produced by the writers’ collective Contemporary…

DirectorJoris Ivens
WritersPrudencio de Pereda·John Dos Passos

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Cast · Directed by Joris Ivens

MA
Manuel Azaña
Himself (President of Spain)
JD
José Díaz
Himself (Parliamentarian)
DIDolores Ibárruri
Dolores Ibárruri
Herself
EL
Enrique Lister
Himself (Republican Army)
CA
Commander Martinez de Aragón
Himself (Republican Army)
GR
Gustav Regler
Himself (German writer)
OWOrson Welles
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
EHErnest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Narrator (voice)
JRJean Renoir
Jean Renoir
Narrator (voice)

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